Tommaso Ciampa: The Dream Match Is Me And Johnny Gargano Against Kevin Owens And Sami Zayn

Tommaso Ciampa has a dream match in mind. 

Tommaso Ciampa returned from a hip injury in June and has been embattled with The Miz and Bronson Reed ever since. Johnny Gargano has not been in the picture as he hasn’t wrestled since May 15, but will forever be linked to Ciampa as they came up together on the independent scene and were partners and rivals in NXT. 

Speaking on Out of Character with Ryan Satin, Ciampa discussed potentially working with Gargano again on the main roster. 

“The dream match that I always see, I guess there are two, but the one that jumps is with Sami and Kevin, parallels to their relationship and ours. I have insane chemistry with Sami Zayn, Johnny has insane chemistry with Kevin Owen, really good friends of ours. That would be such a dream match for us, let alone fans. Usos are a different level. Kofi (Kingston) and I started months apart on the independents at the same school. I’ve never done anything with them in WWE. The idea of New Day, when Big E gets healthy. Ivar, when he was Handsome Johnny, first guy who trained me and broke me into the business. The idea of doing stuff with Viking Raiders. All of those scenarios and the stories when can tell with those guys. Johnny and I have a real passion for tag team wrestling, the psychology of it, making it mean something. If we could bring some of that in and get with these larger than life superstars, it could be a special run. I’m definitely open to it. I just want so badly to stay healthy and get the opportunity to tell great stories and have great programs where people five years from now, I don’t want it to be, ‘He had that great match with so and so.’ I want it to be rapid fire, ‘He did the Uso thing, the thing with Kevin and Sami, they did their own thing, a thing with Gunther and Randy (Orton),’ I this portfolio of ‘Damn, that was a hell of a career. What a run.’ Whether that’s DIY, something against Johnny, which would be a dream scenario,” he said. 

Ciampa continued, giving further details on a potential DIY vs. Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn feud.

“I think we could have so much fun with that smarter fanbase. There is always the underlying; can Johnny trust me, can Sami trust Kevin? Kevin and I are buddies in real life and we have a bit of similarity to us. We could really have fun and do some stuff, whether it’s backstage vignettes. All I have is time and ideas. You write them on your and wait for the time to put them into existence. It would be amazing. When I think back of when we were DIY and Johnny and I’s own personal journey to now, we are significantly better performers than we were then, especially for myself, I’ve really evolved and found myself. Johnny found himself and his stride earlier than I found my own, but that element of, ‘you guys dug what we were doing then, wait until you see what we can do now.’ If the opportunity was there and it gets rolling, I think we can turn out some awesome content,” he said.

Ciampa is set to face Reed on the July 24 episode of WWE Raw. Fans can check out the current lineup for the show by clicking here. 

Elsewhere during the interview, Ciampa discussed the return of “No One Will Survive.” Fans can see his full comments by clicking here. 

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